Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin says burqas are "offensive to British culture" and are a "profoundly misogynistic item", reiterating her previous calls to ban them.
Speaking to Talk's Kevin O'Sullivan, Pochin says she is sorry that Zia Yusuf chose to resign as party chairman, noting that such an issue would have gone unnoticed in other parties, and that she is "fully aware" that Yusuf didn't mean she was actually dumb.
There should be a debate about the banning of the burka, Reform deputy leader Richard Tice has said.
The party’s former chairman Zia Yusuf announced on Thursday he was standing down just 24 hours after describing a call from the party’s newest MP to ban the burka as “dumb”.
Speaking as he entered the count for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Holyrood by-election, Mr Tice said was asked if there should be a ban.
“Let’s have a discussion about these things, all these important issues, as opposed to not discussing anything, smearing and labelling,” he said.
